
FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State University plans to honor Keith Smette at a memorial service and set up a scholarship in his name.
Smette, 25, of Makoti, and Kenneth Hendrickson, 41, of Bismarck, were killed Jan. 24 when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Both were sergeants with the National Guard’s 957th Multi-Role Bridge Company, based in Bismarck. Smette was a student at NDSU.
The scholarship likely will be awarded to students majoring in health or physical education, which were Smette’s areas of interest, said Virginia Clark Johnson, dean of the NDSU College of Human Development and Education.
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